jashobeam
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I was working there at the time this happened but wanted to wait until it hit the news before I posted it here on THR.
Picky, I know, but why would a journalist think it is okay to reference the word SOMEONE (which is singular) with the word THEMSELVES (which is plural)? Pertaining to the incident itself I have some comments that I would like to add and some feelings that I would like to share. I will do this in a subsequent post.
Apparent suicide at Milpitas shooting range
By Sandra Gonzales
Mercury News
A 23-year-old San Jose woman shot herself in an apparent suicide at an indoor Milpitas shooting range last week -- at least the third suicide in the past decade at the range.
The woman was found about 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Target Masters, 122 Minnis Circle, with a gunshot wound from a semiautomatic 9mm handgun, Milpitas police Sgt. Armando Corpuz said.
Although the Santa Clara County Coroner's Office has yet to issue a ruling, Corpuz said that based on his interview with the coroner's office, physical evidence and witness statements, he is preliminarily considering the death a suicide.
The woman apparently had been suffering from personal problems and was accompanied by her sister and a family friend, Corpuz said.
An employee at Target Masters, who identified herself only as Susan, said the woman had bought three boxes of ammunition each containing 50 rounds and had been shooting for about 40 minutes before the incident.
Corpuz said the gun appeared to have been fired at close range and that no one was standing near her. Two other people were in the shooting area, but only the woman was firing, he said. Neither her friend nor her sister were inside the range at the time.
She died of her injuries at Regional Medical Center in San Jose.
Both Corpuz and the employee said the shooting range had followed proper protocols.
The woman apparently met the necessary legal requirements: She filled out a form that states one should not be despondent or contemplating suicide, she was at least 21 years old and she was a U.S. citizen.
The employee said Target Masters has its own policy, which it refers to as the buddy system, requiring those renting firearms to be accompanied by someone else -- the theory being that it's unlikely someone would then use the rented gun to shoot themselves.
The Target Masters employee said California law does not require a waiting period to rent a handgun.
In 1996, there were two suicides at the range, and there have been several others at local ranges during the past several years.
Picky, I know, but why would a journalist think it is okay to reference the word SOMEONE (which is singular) with the word THEMSELVES (which is plural)? Pertaining to the incident itself I have some comments that I would like to add and some feelings that I would like to share. I will do this in a subsequent post.